Botswana - Maternal mortality

Number of maternal deaths

Number of maternal deaths in Botswana was 81.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 140.00 in 2004, while its lowest value was 81.00 in 2017.

Definition: A maternal death refers to the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes.

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

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Year Value
2000 130.00
2001 130.00
2002 140.00
2003 140.00
2004 140.00
2005 120.00
2006 120.00
2007 110.00
2008 110.00
2009 100.00
2010 99.00
2011 98.00
2012 95.00
2013 92.00
2014 91.00
2015 88.00
2016 85.00
2017 81.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)

The value for Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) in Botswana was 220.00 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 220.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 120.00 in 2000.

Definition: Life time risk of maternal death is the probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause assuming that current levels of fertility and mortality (including maternal mortality) do not change in the future, taking into account competing causes of death.

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

See also:

Year Value
2000 120.00
2001 120.00
2002 120.00
2003 120.00
2004 130.00
2005 140.00
2006 140.00
2007 150.00
2008 150.00
2009 160.00
2010 170.00
2011 170.00
2012 180.00
2013 190.00
2014 190.00
2015 200.00
2016 210.00
2017 220.00

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)

Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) in Botswana was 0.450 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 0.826 in 2002, while its lowest value was 0.450 in 2017.

Definition: Life time risk of maternal death is the probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause assuming that current levels of fertility and mortality (including maternal mortality) do not change in the future, taking into account competing causes of death.

Source: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and the United Nations Population Division. Trends in Maternal Mortality: 2000 to 2017. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2019

See also:

Year Value
2000 0.811
2001 0.818
2002 0.826
2003 0.823
2004 0.795
2005 0.741
2006 0.700
2007 0.671
2008 0.653
2009 0.616
2010 0.586
2011 0.576
2012 0.557
2013 0.539
2014 0.525
2015 0.506
2016 0.480
2017 0.450

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Reproductive health